W2WSC/100 and DL100OUI will operate on Dec 30, 2013 to commerate 100 years of the high power VLF Goldschmidt wireless stations built in Tuckerton, NJ and Eilvese, Germany under construction in 1912-1913. Each of these virtually identical high-power stations were capable of sustained transatlantic communications at 7400 meters (approx. 18.4khz) using upto 200KW and 250 meter towers supporting double cone antennas. In 1914 these Goldschmidt alternators were the sole link betwen the U.S.A. and Germany allowing President Wilson and Kaiser Wilhelm II to exchange historic messages on January 27, 1914 and June 19, 1914. W2WSC/100 and DL100OUI will operate CW and SSB on 20, 40 and 80 meters. See the DX spots on Dec 30 for exact frequencies.

W2WSC logged 1,600 QSOs through Oct 20 , 2013.QSL cards mailed. Thanks to all Ops sending SASE's or equivalent postage, very much appreciated. The W2WSC/100 logbook can be viewed, searched and sorted by copying the at the following link to your Web Browser: http://1drv.ms/1nH5zhJ

W2WSC/100 AND W2WSC/WSC Will operate through 2013 to commerate 100 of the Tuckerton Wireless and 100 of sister station in Eilvese Germany OUI.

A W2WSC 100 Year Anniverary QSL is available

QSL To:

Tuckerton Wireless ARC

PO Box 531

Tuckerton NJ 08087-0531

Direct and buro cards okay. Card without SASE's or equivelent postage will be seNt to the outgoing buro.

See http://sjdxa.org/ for a modern day picture of the WSC site located in West Creek, NJ. The site is the home of WYRS FM 90.7MHZ operated by N2HM. The site continues its CW tradition on 160 meters as contest station W2GD and SSB contest station N2CW(SJDXA) .

QSL to W2WSC

Tuckerton Wireless ARC

PO Box 531

Tuckerton, NJ 08087-0531

Tuckerton Wireless History

By Steve McGarry W2USF – w2wsc@comcast.net

Construction of the 250 meter Tuckerton Wireless tower began in 1912 on the vast salt marshes of Hickory Island in Little Egg Harbor TWP (LEH). The Homag Company of Germany, in a joint venture with France completed the high-power VLF station in 1914, just before the outbreak of WWI. Overlooked by the U.S. Gov., the world's second tallest structure occupied a strategic location to monitor the shipping lanes of the North Atlantic and U.S. east coast. By 1914, the U.S. Navy inspected the station. Initially, a U.S. license was denied due to an ownership dispute, but for experimentation, it was issued the call sign WGG. Operated by German staff, the station in 1914 was equipped with a Goldschmidt 100-kw., high frequency, and reflection-type alternator operating on 18.4khz and utilized an umbrella antenna covering 23 acres of salt marsh. On Jan 14, 1914, President Wilson sent greetings from Tuckerton to Kaiser Wilhelm II to its sister station in Eilvese, Germany. Officially, its use was unclassified, but German intent may have been to support growing German naval power and and increase its global weight to counterbalance its rival European powers. Prior to U.S. entry into WWI in 1917, the station was shrouded in a fog of mysterious espionage, German U-boat activity in LEH waters and messages sent in deceptive double ciphers. Local folklore tells that while under control and censorship of the U.S. Navy it sent the message "get Lucy" ordering the attack to Lusitania on May 7, 1915 ( source to the Roy M. Nunn paper 1967). The Lusitania, a passenger liner, also carried arms to the U.K. The attack order from Tuckerton has never been proved and is merely a product of speculation by Tuckerton residents. It is likely attack orders were sent by wireless emanating from Germany or a place closer to the U-boats near Ireland. With WWI the US Navy, assumed operational control and later WSC became an asset of RCA. Marine Communications. In 1955, the tower was demolished making way for hundreds of waterfront homes. Known worldwide WSC served maritime communications from Tuckerton & later West Creek, NJ until the 1990's. Today the original tower blocks, generator building and stack stand along Radio Road in LEH. Visit the Tuckerton Historical Society (THS) at Tuckertonlehhs.org; Visit SJDAX at sjdxa.org/; Visit OBARC at obarc.org. WSC logo courtesy Tuckerton Wireless ARC. QSL to W2WSC, TUCKERTON WIRELESS ARC PO BOX 531, TUCKERTON, NJ 08087-0531. W2WSC/40 operations from THS; W2WSC/100 operations from member homes and; W2WSC/WSC operations from WSC-West Creek.

W2WSC/100, W2WSC/WSC, W2WSC/40 Special event

The Tuckerton Wireless Amateur Radio Club, The Old Barney Amateur Radio Club and the South Jersey DX Association will jointly commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Tuckerton Wireless (WSC) by operating W2WSC during the 2013. W2WSC/100 will be used from members’ homes. W2WSC/WSC will be used from the last operating site of the Marine Coastal Radio Station WSC in West Creek, NJ. Also, to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Tuckerton Historical Society, W2WSC/40 was used from the Society’s “Giffordtown Museum” on November 17th, 2012from about 1500 – 2100 UTC. The museum has many artifacts as well as documents related to the Tuckerton Wireless on display. John Dilks K2TQNpresented on the history of the Tuckerton WirelessNormal sized SASE for USA stations Please direct QSL to: Tuckerton Wireless ARC, PO Box 531, Tuckerton, NJ 08087-0531